Vocabulary : Erastian to Erebus

Erastian : One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State.
Erastianism : The principles of the Erastains.
Erasure : The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration. ;; An instance of erasing; also, the place where something has been erased.
Erative : Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry.
Erato : The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

Erbium : A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia. ;; A metallic element of the rare earth group, found in gadolinite and some other minerals. Symbol, Er; at. wt. 167.4. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra.
Ercedeken : An archdeacon.
Erd : The earth.
Ere : Before; sooner than. ;; Rather than. ;; To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.
Erebus : A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883. ;; The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.

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